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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Floral Carpet

Durbanville Flower Club: Nature's Treasures, A Floral Art Exhibition at D'Ville Shopping Center Durbanville

Floral Carpet with the members of the Durbanville Flower Club

Early morning start on our Floral Carpet

The members each made a 300mmx550mm block to create an outer edge for the carpet

Long trailing carpet fringes were made of sections of Amaranthus, Firethorn, evergreen, flax and bark.

Pouring in the Firethorn (Pyracantha) berries

Floral Carpet done, just in time for the show.

For the mid section I used roses, sunflower heads, bark, potting soil and foliage.

Floral Carpet Contributors

Eunice Dempers, Sunisa Malan, Vivienne Peterson, Edna Gooder, Judy Potgieter, Tessa Hendricks, Rosina Hickley, Yvonne Crystal, Helga Kruger, Maisie Rose, Una Bull, Polly Pai, Ann Young, Martin van Breda, Del Donnelly, Nonnie Vorster and Maureen Savage

I also coordinated the Floral Kneelers design at our Flower Festival And the 6 Wall Designs at another Church Flower Festival

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Tutorials
Palm twirl with a hidden double knot grid support that hold even heavier flowers in place
11 September 2024
Palm twirl with a hidden double knot grid support that hold even heavier flowers in place

Knot horizontal palm fronts in place to create a support for heavy flowers.
Light as a kite wire spiked sunflower heart
14 July 2021
Light as a kite wire spiked sunflower heart

Using the disk floret of a sunflower to support your floral details.
Adding folded grass "jitters" to a Sunflower
31 July 2019
Adding folded grass "jitters" to a Sunflower

Adding tension to a design with a grass frame and collar.
No Foam pave design
19 June 2019
No Foam pave design

Here it is: my take on the one design that people argue is "tricky" to design without floral foam. A low pave design. Not tricky at all! It's actually easier to do without foam. And yes, you can pick it up and place it on a wall for a foam free floral wall.
Creating a secure grass snippet here and there grid
19 June 2019
Creating a secure grass snippet here and there grid

This grid helps secure flowers in place... and add visual interest by being over rather than under the flowers.
Related Designs
More! More!! More!!!
11 September 2024
More! More!! More!!!

Adding more to an autumn design... but leaving everything out that you don't need.
Light as a Kite
14 July 2021
Light as a Kite

Spike a wire frame into a disk floret for a light summer design.
Jitters!
31 July 2019
Jitters!

Zig-zag grass details add a bit of tension to the design
Favourite Flowers
Rosa
Rosa

My all in the same boat floral art arrangement with roses in an Agave sisalana (sisal) leaf.
Helianthus anuus
Helianthus anuus

Nature's Treasures, A Floral Art Exhibition at D'Ville Shopping Center Durbanville Floral Carpet with the members of the Durbanville Flower Club. For the mid section I used roses,...
Phormium
Phormium

Flax Christmas tree "cake" for the Floral Trends Design Group end of the year function. "On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... two turtle doves"